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Posted By: Hal Brown
Date Posted: Jan 29, 2014
Description: It's been chilly here in central Virginia for the past few days--chilly enough to make the water hard enough to walk on.

The ice was about an inch thick right there. (I was wearing insulated chest waders, and the tide was low enough that they might not have filled up if I had fallen through the ice.)

If I can find my skates I'll give them a try in the morning.
Date Taken: Jan 29, 2014
Place Taken: The Taj Mahouse, in Shangri-la-di-da, on the James River, Virginia
Owner: Don Maxwell
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Don Maxwell - Jan 29,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    This much ice is unusual hereabouts, below the fall line, where the James River spreads out on its way to the Atlantic and, though still fresh, is affected by the tides. At first I thought the ice went out only to where the snow fell on it last night. No! By late this afternoon it went all the way to where the shiny part starts. What looks like riffled water is frozen. It was dead calm when I took this photo.<br /><br />That island on the left is 2000 feet from shore, and the far shore beyond it is almost two miles.      Attachments:  

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Gene Hammond - Jan 31,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Don, we got ice and snow in Chicago area - neither compelling me to fly Searey. Thanks for getting me back on the site!!     
  
Chuck Cavanaugh - Jan 29,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Haha, Don! What's the problem? Makes it way easier to do that 180 on your beach. <br /><br />Hope you're well.     
  
Frank A. Carr - Jan 29,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Thank you Don! This is my favorite winter experience--in photographs!     
  
Don Maxwell - Jan 30,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Chilly again last night. (It's 3 right now.) And the river is almost completely frozen, all the way across. The dark-ish patch just this side of the island is wet. All the rest on this side of it is hard. The old timers hereabouts say it's very unusual.      Attachments:  

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Frank A. Carr - Jan 30,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Don, Can't tell from the photos, but do you have a bubbler going around your <br />pilings?     
  
Don Maxwell - Jan 31,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Nope, Frank--although that would have been a good idea this winter. In normal years the river may freeze for a few feet out from shore as the tide goes out, but usually thaws with the next incoming tide. So nobody worries about protecting the pilings. Until now.<br /><br />But it's going to be in the 50s in the daytime for the next several days, so the ice will probably be gone by Saturday.<br /><br />But I found my skates today, so if the ice is reasonably solid in the morning I'll see if they still work.     
  
Don Maxwell - Jan 31,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Here's an update--I went skating! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vmWP0_JmE&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vmWP0_JmE&feature=youtu.be</a><br /><br />I would have skated yesterday, but couldn't find my skates in time. Unfortunately, Carol gave hers away long ago, and she lamented it today. <br /><br />It got up to 50 today, and the forecast for tomorrow is 54--so the ice will probably be too thin and rotten to skate on. (Unless I can get up really early.)     
  
Frank A. Carr - Feb 01,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Pretty cool Don, and pretty good for a 40-year layoff! WUFFWDFS. You are <br />brave!<br /><br /><br />(Wheels up for flying wheels down for Skating)     
  
Don Maxwell - Feb 02,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    The ice is completely gone now, Wayne. But when flying yesterday, we saw a few sad floes heading down river toward Jamestown Island. <br /><br />I love outdoor skating, especially on large ice--lakes and rivers. Near where I grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, there was a huge marshy area that would freeze into ice-paths extending for miles. Kids could skate on it all day, amongst grasses and shrubs, without passing over the same place twice.     
  
Robert Charlwood Richardson - Jan 31,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Don local Annapolitians make use of water vibrators to protect their <br />piers and in water boat from ice damage. Google winter boating prep<br /><br />PS - let us please keep the sexual jokes/comments to a minimum ;-)     
  
Don Maxwell - Jan 31,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Thanks, Rob. Bubblers and vvvvibrators do help keep ice from harming pilings, but substantial ice here is so rare, thin, and fleeting that as far as I know no one in this area had ever had any damage from it. This winter is an anomaly--not that I'm at all unhappy about it! I'd love to skate here every winter. (If only the temp would go from warm to icy overnight, so we wouldn't have to put up with cold, wet water.)     
  
Wayne Nagy - Jan 31,2014   Viewers  | Reply
    Have fun, Don! But as it warms up, stay on the DRY side of the ice! :-)     


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